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Local Church, Global Church
Catholic Activism in Latin America from Rerum Novarum to Vatican II
Coedited with Julia G. Young, this collection follows Catholic activists across Latin America from the 1890s to 1962. Its essays connect local organizing with international networks in an age of political upheaval, industrialization, and secularization.
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The story behind the story.
A shared institution does not mean a single experience. The contributors examine how local communities and transnational religious networks shaped one another, with attention to both laypeople and clergy.
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- How do local concerns become international movements?
- Where do lay activists and religious institutions disagree?
- What becomes visible when national histories are read together?
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